The new 19,000-square-foot spa focuses on steam, heat and water. Above, the Basin Glacial Waters Vitality pool.

A new thermal bathing house overlooking one of Canada’s most famous lakes opens today at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

Basin Glacial Waters is a 19,000-square-foot spa that focuses on steam, heat and water. It’s been in development for two decades, taken five years of planning with Parks Canada for permit approvals and is part of the historic hotel’s $130-million renovations.

Guests can stare out at the glacial wonder of Lake Louise – not jostling with tourists at the water’s edge, but from an infinity thermal pool set back from the fray. The pool’s edge seems to blend into the vista before you, and it can feel like you’ve become part of that legendary v

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